BC Show What I Know KINDS OF SENTENCESDECLARATIVE: Go do your homework.IMPERATIVE: Did you know that people are animals?INTERROGATIVE: How did you get that answer?EXCLAMATORY: OMG! I lost my shoes! CORRECT A RUN-ON SENTENCE 1. Add a comma and put a conjunction; I like to play baseball, but i hate playing second base.2. Put a period in between the two sentences that run on and capitalize the first word; I like to play baseball. I hate playing second base.3. Add a semi-colon in between the two sentences; I like to play baseball; I hate playing second base.4. Add a subordinating conjection in between the two sentences; I love playing baseball, while at the same time I hate playing second base. SENTENCE STRUCTURE
SIMPLE: I love to play sports.COMPOUND: I love to play sports, but they sometimes get in the way of school work. COMPLEX: I love to play sports, while at the same time they sometimes get in the way of schoolwork. COMPOUND/COMPLEX: I love to play sports because they are really fun, but they get in the way of schoolwork.
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
SIMILE: I run as fast as a cheetah.HYPERBOLE: My locker is an abyss. ONOMATOPOEIA: BURRRHHH! It's cold out there.METAPHOR: I am a cheetah when I run.ALLITERATION: The wind whispered wildly in my ear.PERSONIFICATION: The wind whispered in my ear. WRITING STYLES
ABSOLUTE: Mind blowing, wind storming, I hit the baseball over the fence.APPOSITIVE: Cameron, our power hitter, hit 6 home-runs last year.ADVERB FOR EFFECT: " That was the first home-run I have ever hit", I said proudly.ADJECTIVE BEGINNING: Proudly, I hit my first home-run.DASH: I hit a home-run over the fence - it was way over.SPEAKER TAG: " That was my first home-run" I said holding my head up high.
KINDS OF SENTENCESDECLARATIVE: Go do your homework.
CORRECT A
1. Add a comma and put a conjunction; I like to play baseball, but i hate playing second base.2. Put a period in between the two sentences that run on and capitalize the first word; I like to play baseball. I hate playing second base.3. Add a semi-colon in between the two sentences; I like to play baseball; I hate playing second base.4. Add a subordinating conjection in between the two sentences; I love playing baseball, while at the same time I hate playing second base.
SENTENCE STRUCTURE
COMPLEX: I love to play sports, while at the same time they sometimes get in the way of schoolwork.
COMPOUND/COMPLEX: I love to play sports because they are really fun, but they get in the way of schoolwork.
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
SIMILE: I run as fast as a cheetah.HYPERBOLE: My locker is an abyss.
WRITING STYLES
ABSOLUTE: Mind blowing, wind storming, I hit the baseball over the fence.APPOSITIVE: Cameron, our power hitter, hit 6 home-runs last year.ADVERB FOR EFFECT: " That was the first home-run I have ever hit", I said proudly.ADJECTIVE BEGINNING: Proudly, I hit my first home-run.DASH: I hit a home-run over the fence - it was way over.SPEAKER TAG: " That was my first home-run" I said holding my head up high.